{"id":5869,"date":"2026-06-09T15:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amanlilafiaclinic.ae\/en\/?post_type=clinician&#038;p=5869"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:41:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:41:39","slug":"elise-bitar","status":"publish","type":"clinician","link":"https:\/\/amanlilafiaclinic.ae\/en\/who-we-are\/clinician\/elise-bitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Elise Bitar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elise Bitar is a DHA licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience in mental health care. She works with adults and couples, providing a safe and confidential space where clients can explore their concerns and work collaboratively toward meaningful change. Her therapeutic approach is rooted in psychoanalytic and psychodynamic perspectives, focusing on understanding the unconscious processes underlying emotional suffering and helping clients develop insight, resilience, and improved well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Specializations<\/strong><br>Psychodynamic \/ Psychoanalytic Therapy<br>Couples Therapy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Areas of Expertise<\/strong><br>Anxiety<br>Depression<br>Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)<br>Phobias<br>Eating Disorders<br>Sexual Disorders<br>Relationship Difficulties<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Professional Memberships<\/strong><br>Lebanese Order of Psychologists<br>European Foundation for Psychoanalysis<br>Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de psychoth\u00e9rapie \u00e0 inspiration psychanalytique<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Languages<\/strong><br>Arabic, English, French<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Education<\/strong><br>Master\u2019s degree in psychology -University of Balamand &#8211; Lebanon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5871,"template":"","class_list":["post-5869","clinician","type-clinician","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amanlilafiaclinic.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/clinician\/5869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amanlilafiaclinic.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/clinician"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amanlilafiaclinic.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/clinician"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amanlilafiaclinic.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amanlilafiaclinic.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}